flames

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By Thursday evening, the flames were about 3 miles west of the highway, a distance Bocco said he hoped to maintain Friday with intensive prevention work already completed to the north.

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  1. noun The zone of burning gases and fine suspended matter associated with rapid combustion; a hot, glowing mass of burning gas or vapor.
  2. noun The condition of active, blazing combustion: burst into flame.
  3. noun Something resembling a flame in motion, brilliance, intensity, or shape.
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  • First to note the flames was a preteen female, who immediately called 9-1-1 to report the fire before she escaped. —  LAFD News & Information
  • By Thursday evening, the flames were about 3 miles west of the highway, a distance Bocco said he hoped to maintain today with intensive prevention work already completed to the north.
  • By Thursday evening, the flames were about 3 miles west of the highway, a distance Bocco said he hoped to maintain Friday with intensive prevention work already completed to the north. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
  • By Thursday evening, the flames were about 3 miles west of the highway.
  • By Thursday evening, the flames were about three miles west of the highway, a distance Bocco said he hoped to maintain with intensive prevention work already completed to the north. —  Local News | The Bryan College Station Eagle
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